Dopo la visita il mese scorso del presidente del Consiglio Matteo Renzi, il presidente della regione Lombardia Roberto Maroni annuncia che volerà nella Silicon Valley la prossima primavera per studiare modelli di business e innovazione utili allo sviluppo delle aziende italiane.   "Torneremo a New York l'8 aprile e andremo anche in Californi...

by Silvia Simonetti   They call it brain drain, the latest plague that affects our modern societies, including the Italian one. But is it really a plague? In a globalized world can we consider progress - either scientific, artistic or human in general - as a prerogative of one country or the other? What should be highlighted, perhaps, is th...

Il presidente della Niaf (National Italian American Foundation), John Viola, è stato ospite del Gei (Gruppo Esponenti Italiani) a una colazione in una sala privata del RNel corso dell'incontro John Viola ha ricevuto da Lucio Caputo, presidente della prestigiosa organizzazione che racchiude i principali rappresentanti delle organizzazioni italiane c...

ORLANDO: furiosamente solo rotolando. Episodes inspired by Ludovico Ariosto's Orlando Furioso (in Italian) performed by Enrico Messina Armamaxa teatro, Foggia (FG) / Ceglie Messapica (BR) from the text HRUODLANDUS libera rotolata medioevale by E. Messina and A. Nicotine with passages from Boiardo's Orlando Innamorato (in English)&nb...

  WTI Magazine #69    2015 October, 2Author : Umberto Mucci      Translation by:   Ciao from Rome! Welcome to the 69th issue of our online magazine. We're planning our trip to the US right now. It is October, the Italian heritage month, and We the Italians will be in New York and Washington DC to celebrate Italy! First we will march at the Colum...

by Maria Garcia   Italian filmmaker Dino Risi (1917-2008) is the subject of a retrospective at New York's Museum of Modern Art that runs through January 6. In collaboration with Luce Cinecittá, the Museum is screening the writer-director's popular narrative features of the 1950s, '60s and '70s that are mostly commedia all'Italiana or "Italia...

Perhaps it is the pasta maker, or perhaps it is the wine bar, or the aromas of the Italian sauces, or perhaps it is the small dining room with a large family-style table that looks over the small herb garden. All of these together brought back memories of old days, when I used to visit an Italian friend for Sunday supper. A sense of déjà vu—the aro...

FROM PALERMO TO NEW ORLEANS The story of the first jazz record ...Few people know that on February 26, 1917, an Italian musician in New Orleans released the first record ever made in the history of jazz. That musician was Sicilian and his name was Nick La Rocca... These are the opening words of "From Palermo to New Orleans," a documentary film prod...

By Scott Schroeder Andrea Bargnani has recently been dealing with a respiratory issue, eventually figured out to be pneumonia.   It was unclear how serious the issue was initially, but it will apparently keep him out of us next month's EuroBasket tournament, according to Sportando.   Read more   Source: http://www.sbnatio...

Sfila NYC and The Region of Sicily in cooperation with The European Union present "Made In Italy," an exclusive Bridal Week Fashion Show featuring Italy's finest emerging designers. After having hit the runways in Milan and Paris, Sfila NYC is honored to debut these luxury bridal collections for the first time in New York City. "Made In Italy" wil...